Just want to humbly state that I'm not trying to downgrade the intent of
LEED---I support thier intent 1000%; I have disagreements with some of the
approaches that are being taken on our LEED models when they are being
reviewed inconsistantly among a single organization.
USGBC is a monopoly in the clearest sence (i.e. think US Post
Office-monopoly). There is no one out there competing against them or
refuting what they want to "Deem" as THE WAY. Sometimes a little
resistance or maybe a competitor to LEED would help push these issues to the
surface so to get rid of this 'underground suffering' of frustration and
lack of clarity with what GBCI --expects to see.
Many other LEED review comment discussions have also recently revealed the
inconsistency and discrepancy between EAc1 reviewer on the same team.
Cheers,
Pasha
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
LEED does have a monopoly for U.S. Military buildings. Strangely enough
Katherine Hammack how helped start USGBC is now the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment). And LEED is required for Amy
buildings, very curious. Like the Halliburton of the green movement.
Like Pasha said, I agree with the goals, but the methods are questionable.
Maybe I've said too much, I can't forget Big Brother is monitoring this site.
Think only double plus happy thoughts.
"Is Freedom is a small price to pay to stop Global Warming?"
John Eurek PE, LEED AP
John:
I don't know what the US Army's present requirements are, but I commissioned an
emergency response facility in CT a few years ago. The rating system was
SPiRiT, which is based on the Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Rating System 2.0 (LEED 2.0?), and which is tailored to
Army-specific needs, embodies accepted energy and environmental principles.
SPiRiT takes a "whole building" perspective to help preserve the environment
and improve facility life-cycle management, and to integrate environmentally
responsible practices into the facility delivery process from its design
stages.
Has SPiRiT been eliminated?
Paul Diglio